Bode is a boy's name of African origin meaning “messenger and booth, small house.” In 2024 it was given to 312 boys in the United States.
Bode belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “messenger and booth, small house” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bode first appears in Social Security records in 1998. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #775 in 2010, and in 2024 312 babies received the name — 4,410 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bode means “messenger and booth, small house” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bode is a boy name. In 2024, 312 babies received the name in the US.
Bode comes from the African tradition.
Bode first appears in US records in 1998. Its best-ever ranking was #775 in 2010, and 312 babies were given the name in 2024.
Bode is pronounced /archive.org/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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